[Embryonic stem cell research in Brazil and the (un)constitutionality of article 5 of the biosafety act (Part I)].
The Brazilian Law on Biosafety was approved on March 2005. Subsequently, in May of this same year, the Attorney General of the Republic filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutional grounds of article 5 of the aforementioned Law. This article allows the use of embryonic stem cells in research and therapies obtained from surplus human embryos from techniques of in vitro fertilisations.
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Maria de Fátima Freire
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de Oliveiro Naves
Bruno Torquato
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D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D001938:Brazil; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D012308:Risk Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*